Lunch time

For lunch, walk to down-home Puckett’s Grocery & Restaurant’s downtown location on Church Street. With mismatched tables and chairs and an eclectic clientele, Puckett’s serves Southern-style food that is some of the best in town.

See the sights

Next, walk a few blocks to the Mother Church of Country Music, the Ryman Auditorium, and see where hundreds of famous artists, from James Brown and Patsy Cline to Bruce Springsteen and Mumford & Sons, have performed. Finish your afternoon by exploring Marathon Village, a.k.a. Nashville’s Creative Neighborhood. From Corsair Artisan Distillery, a craft distillery that makes high-quality spirits in small batches, to Antique Archaeology, created from Mike Wolfe’s American Pickers on the History Channel, enjoy the unique complex created for artists, photographers and designer studios.

Family Fun

For family attraction options, check out the Nashville Zoo, where you can come face-to-face with a wide variety of animals, or experience the Adventure Science Center which has a wonderful Little Labs program, the Space Chase, and the Sudekum Planetarium.